Washington, December 4( ANI ): Scientists have dropped 2000 mice by parachutes pumped with painkillers in US territory of Guam to eradicate brown tree snake, which have caused losses worth millions of dollars in wildlife.

The goal of the aerial assault, which will eventually involve the dropping of some 2,000 mice in all, is not to eradicate but to curtail and control the brown tree snake population on the island, Pitt said.

He starts with a trip to Guam to investigate the impact of the brown tree snake on that island's native species and people; then proceeds to Hawaii, with its cornucopia of non-natives; and ends with a series of mini-excursions into the study of marine invaders.

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